Srinagar, Sept. 27 -- When headlines scream of doctors pulling out 29 spoons, 19 toothbrushes, and two pens from the stomach of a man in Uttar Pradesh, our first reaction is disbelief. We shake our heads, laugh nervously, and scroll to the next story. But behind such shocking news lies a serious medical and psychiatric reality that deserves our full attention. Swallowing foreign bodies is not a circus act; it is a disease - one that endangers lives, confuses families, and exposes a deeper crisis in how we view mental health.I recall vividly my own medical experience from Medina, when I removed a hairball the size of a small football from the stomach of a young girl. That mass, a trichobezoar, had been silently growing inside her for month...